Lophioturris indica

Lophioturris indica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Turridae
Subfamily:	Turrinae
Genus:	Lophioturris
Species:	L. indica
Binomial name
	Lophioturris indica; (Deshayes, 1833)
Synonyms
	Lophiotoma indica (Röding, 1798); Pleurotoma indica Deshayes, 1833; Turris indica Röding, 1798 (original combination); Pleurotoma gendinganensis Martin, 1895; Lophiotoma marmorata Link, 1807; Lophiotoma neglecta Reeve, 1842;

Lophioturris indica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.^[1]

There is one subspecies : Lophiotoma indica queenslandica Olivera, 2004

Distribution[]

It is native to the Mascarene basin of the Indian Ocean.^[1] The species now also occurs in the Mediterranean, having invaded as a Lessepsian migrant through the Suez Canal.^[2]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c Lophiotoma indica (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 August 2016.
^ Rodríguez, G.; Suárez, H. (2001). "Anthropogenic dispersal of decapod crustaceans in aquatic environments". Interciencia. 26 (7): 282–288. Archived from the original on 25 December 2012.

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[WoRMS-1] Lophiotoma indica (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 August 2016.

[2] Rodríguez, G.; Suárez, H. (2001). "Anthropogenic dispersal of decapod crustaceans in aquatic environments". Interciencia. 26 (7): 282–288. Archived from the original on 25 December 2012.

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